History of the Carlile family

INTRODUCTION. 5
a recompense received several grants of land from the Crown.
He died about 1500, having married three times, (1) Elizabeth
Kirkpatrick, (2) Janet, daughter of Robert, second Lord Maxwell,
and (3) Margaret Douglas, widow of Sir Edward Maxwell of Mon-
teith. By the second wife he had John, Master of Carlyle, who
predeceased him, and there was another son of the second wife and
two sons of the third wife, all of whose male lines are believed to
have become extinct.
John, Master of Carlyle, had a son William, who became second
Lord Carlyle, and another son Robert, of whom nothing is known
except that he is named in his grandfather's will. 1 William married
Janet, daughter of John, Lord Maxwell, and died in 1525, leaving
an eldest son, James, who became third Lord Carlyle. James married
Janet, daughter of Sir James Scrimgeour, and died without issue
before 27 December, 1529, when he was succeeded by his brother
Michael, fourth and last Lord Carlyle of Carlyle. Michael, fourth
Lord, died in 1575 or [579. He had four or, as some writers say,
five sons and one daughter. The eldest son William, Master of
Carlyle, died in his father's lifetime, leaving an only child, a daughter,
Elizabeth, who succeeded to the estates and married Sir James
Douglas of Parkhead, who assumed the title of Lord Torthorwald.
Their son, James Douglas, was raised to the Peerage by James VI
as Lord Torthorwald. He sold the estates to the Drumlanrig family
about 1620. The title Viscount Torthorwald is now among the
titles used by the Duke of Buccleuch and Oueensberry.
The younger sons of Michael, fourth Lord Carlyle, not having
any of the family lands, did not attempt to claim the family honours ;
nor has any such attempt been made seriously by any of their
descendants, all of whom, in the male line, are believed to be now
dead.
The interesting question: "Who has now the best claim to the
dormant title, Lord Carlyle of Carlyle " ? is discussed in Note B to
this Introduction {post p. 10).
1 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Com., App. viii, p. 49 (1897).